"floodproof" meaning in English

See floodproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more floodproof [comparative], most floodproof [superlative]
Etymology: flood + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flood|proof}} flood + -proof Head templates: {{en-adj}} floodproof (comparative more floodproof, superlative most floodproof)
  1. Resistant to flooding.
    Sense id: en-floodproof-en-adj-ZbVXhnz3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 49 51

Verb

Forms: floodproofs [present, singular, third-person], floodproofing [participle, present], floodproofed [participle, past], floodproofed [past]
Etymology: flood + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flood|proof}} flood + -proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} floodproof (third-person singular simple present floodproofs, present participle floodproofing, simple past and past participle floodproofed)
  1. (transitive) To make resistant to flooding. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-floodproof-en-verb-kPc4-IJZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 49 51

Inflected forms

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